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Find a Forgotten Password Saved in Firefox

Firefox, like many popular browsers, includes a built-in functionality to save your password. Often we’ll use the saved password feature so often that we’ve completely forgotten our password when we need to login to the same website on another computer. Here’s how to locate your saved password.

In Firefox, navigate to the Tools \ Options menu item. Select the Privacy button, the Passwords tab, and then click on View Saved Passwords. You’ll be presented with this screen:

Click the Show Passwords button, and navigate down to the website password you are looking for. Note: usernames in the image scratched out to protect the poster!

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This article was originally written on 09/26/06 Tagged with: Firefox, Ubuntu, Windows

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Comments (14)

  1. John Didlock

    This doesn’t seem to work in the latest Firefox, 2.0.0.2

  2. mikolka

    But in 2.0.0.3 all working properly

  3. GruCho

    This need a little update ,in the latest version you have to navigate:Tools/Options/Security/….and there you can find the Show Passwords… :)

  4. Bobbob

    For MAC OSX and Firefox 2.0.0.13 >> Firefox menu || Preferences || Security tab || Show Passwords … (button).

  5. LinearMode

    I can’t believe I never knew about this until now, thank you so much for your articles, I can’t possibly tell you how much I’ve learned from you!!!

  6. Jeng

    Anyone know how to do this on fire fox 3?

  7. Jeng

    nvm tools/ options security press savved passwords nvm srry for double post

  8. Luis

    i lost my saved passwords on firefox, is there a way to get them back?

  9. 1fastbullet

    @Jeng

    Yes. Got to Edit>Preferences and the security tab. There, halfway down the window is a button for saved passwords.

  10. Byron

    how do i copy saved passwords to a text document. i want to print a list of my passwords

  11. austin

    This is why I never save any passwords…

  12. Amrit

    This is a helpful information. But anyone knows where these password information are saved? i mean the whereabouts of these log files in our drive?

  13. sam

    wow thank you, that’s properly working. i’ve tried it in 3.5. but in firefox 3.5 you can find password manager in tools\option\security
    dude you’ve saved my internet bank account!

  14. John Craggs

    It’s very good, but what to do if Firefox is crashed?


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